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John Leyton portraitJohn Leyton

Charting Aug 3, 1961Feb 20, 1964 · 64 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 64 wk

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Peak Power
3.31%
week of Nov 9, 1961
Career Power
123
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
101
July 1961 – July 1962
Peak Five Years
123
March 1959 – February 1964
Top-five weeks
13
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
64
weeks with chart power
Dominance
4.89%
week of Oct 19, 1961
Comebacks
0
none detected

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

9 records · 123 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Johnny Remember Me#11539.7
Wild Wind#21024.5
Lonely City#141117.6
Cupboard Love#221217.0
Son, This Is She#151015.4
Lone Rider#4053.9
I'll Cut Your Tail Off#3632.4
Down the River Nile#4232.2
Make Love to Me#4910.7

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At their peak

1961 in music

John Leyton's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from July 1961 to July 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Elvis Presley164
  2. 2Helen Shapiro146
  3. 3Cliff Richard139
  4. 4Mr. Acker Bilk129
  5. 5Billy Fury128
  6. 6Karl Denver121
  7. 7The Shadows115
  8. 8Eden Kane112
  9. 9Bobby Vee108
  10. 10Del Shannon104

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.